HEIKEGANI
(平家蟹)
OCTOBER 1912
Plays: Heikegani (史劇平家蟹); Chûshingura Kudanme (忠臣蔵九段目), Act 9 of
Kanadehon
Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵) ; Kuni Zakai (國境); Oshun Denbê
Mukashigatamatsu Shirafuji (お俊傳兵衞昔形白藤); Gisei (犠牲); Katô Saemon
(加藤左衞門);
Mitsu Uroko (三ツ鱗)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/16/12
Print Date: 10/1912
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
MAY 1922
Play: Tadanao Kyô Gyôjyôki (忠直卿行状記)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/22
Print Date: 05/1922?
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
Note: Also on the bill were Tachi Nusubito
(太刀盗人), Heikegani (平家蟹), Shinkei
Kasane-ga Fushi (真景累ヶ渕), and Shinobi
Yoru Koi no Kusemono (忍夜恋曲者).
The cast included Morita Kan'ya XIII
(守田勘弥), Onoe Eizaburô VII
(尾上 栄三郎), Onoe Baikô VI
(尾上梅幸), and Onoe Kikugorô VI
(尾上菊五郎).